Karyn Kusama

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1968-03-21 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Karyn Kusama

Biography

Karyn Kiyoko Kusama (born March 21, 1968) is an American filmmaker. She made her directorial and writing feature film debut with the sports drama Girlfight (2000) for which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Kusama went on to direct the science fiction action film Æon Flux (2005), based on Peter Chung's animated series of the same name and the cult horror comedy film Jennifer's Body (2009). After working extensively as a television director, Kusama directed the horror film The Invitation (2015), a segment in the all-female horror anthology film XX (2017), and the Nicole Kidman-starring crime thr...

Acting

2022

Body Parts

as Self

2023

2023

Lynch/Oz

as Host (Chapter 4: 'Multitudes') (voice)

2017

78/52

as Self

2025

2018

Production

2005

Æon Flux

as Director

2000

Girlfight

as Director

2000

Girlfight

as Writer

2009

Jennifer's Body

as Director

2016

The Invitation

as Director

2017

XX

as Writer

2017

XX

as Director

2015

Speechless

as Director

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Breed

as Director

2018

Destroyer

as Director

-

Bad Behavior

as Director

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Bad Behavior

as Producer

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